John knox



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@with faire getint "ffirefy IMPROVEMENT IN BOOT sEOE InONs.

. SPECIFIGATIQN.-

T0 WHOM IT MAY CON CERN p Be it known that I, JOHN KNOX, of the city of Auburn, in Cayuga county, New York, have invented a new and improved mode of constructing fore-part Irons for smoothing the edges of the soles of Bootsand Shoes and.` l I do hereby declare the following to be a'full, clear, and exact description of the. same, reference being` had `t'o` i the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specication, and to `the letters of reference marked` thereon. i The fore-part iron is one of the mostessential as well as the most expensiveof all thctools requisitcto i the full equipment of the knight of the bench. Its function is to smooth the edges of` the soles of boots and .i shoes, and when we think how great the number of thicknesses, and know that every varying thickness must be l exactly fitted bythis iron, we can form some idea how many different sizes of` irons. will be required for every workman. And when the fact also appears that the iron, when in all respects tted io the finishing of sewedi work, will not answer at all for work that is pegged, it-Will be seen that tojit theirons` tothe work would require a very great number. y These irons, not unfrequently, cost the workman from thirty` to iftyldllars, and after this outlay he not unfrequently nds that `he has not,- `amongst his entire kit, an iron of the right s ize or width for the thickness of the work he is doing. Y

Now, the object of this invention is to furnish the craftwith one toolat lessthan one-fourththe expense` i incurred in eithersewed or pegged work, taken separately, that will performall the functions required inboth cases much better than the tool now in use. To accomplish thisl I make the space` between the `back andfront i guards adjustable in such manner that the tool can be set very readily to fit any thickness-of` soles. I also make my tool double sided, and arrange and adapt one to the use of pegged work, and the Lothertto sewedg` By this arrangement all thicknesses of soles, from the thinnest slipper `to the thickest boot, whether the same be pegged i or sewed, can be finished without anymanner of inconvenience to the workman, much Abetter than can be done by any of the tools now in use. i

Inprder that others skilled in the art may know how to make and use my invention, `I will `proceed to describe its' construction and mode of operation. i Figure 1 is a section taken through the entire tool. i Figure 2 is one of the outside guards, with the curved plat'e attached and making a part of the same. Figure 3 is the other. Figure 4 is an edge view of the tool with a part of the handle removed. In iig. 1, A is the handle; B is the back guard for sewedvwork. For this purpose,.this guard requirestobe much shorter from the bed-piece, C, than is required for work that is pegged.A D is thefront guard for sewed Work; this guard is required to project some further from the bed C, of the iron, than isureeluired` for workl that;

is pegged. F is an elevationA thereof. The curved`bed-piece C is a part of` thedouble guard piece K, `and`botl1 are made of one piece ofn metal. The bed passes through the space 1, and the curved plate G throughthe space 2. .lhev partition between the two figures is but a-continuation of the platefI'I, E is the`back guard for pegged work, and on this account extendsd up further from the bed (l` thanthe opposite'one.` i I is the front guard for pegged work. J is an elevation of the plate. The bed-piece C, and the .curved-plate H,

connected with and forming part of the plate F, both extend through the space` K, in theplateJ. The double guard piece K extends into the handle A, and through theV portion of it included `hetweenthe letters LM, `is

cut a screw-thread to receive the bolt O. This bolt is made fast to the section?, of the handleidi By turning the portion, P, of the handle A backward, both `the front guards are freed, and maybelwsetby the Workman `to fit any thickness required. p r p p,

The essence of my invention consists in making the space between the back and frontl guardtadjustable by` moving thefront guard on the bed-piece andi'of inbiningi'the Vshort back guard withthe long `front guard for sewed work, `with `the long back guard and short front guard in the sumo tool for pegged work.

Having above described the `construction and mode of operating my invention, what claim `asneivyand wish tosecure by Letters Patent, isp 1 t i 1. Adjusting the space between the backand front guards, substantially in the manner `and for` the` purpose set forth. p l p p 2. The combination of theshort back guard and long front guard, with the longback guard and short front guard, substantially in the manner and for the purpose above specified. i

3. In forefpart irons holding the front guards in their place `by means of a screw operated throughtho i handle as above set forth. p p p.

.J OI-IN KNOX.

Witnesses: l

A. Bnnsnr'r, J. L. TYLER. 

